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they will fall over on the gut, but by holding 

 tight with the nails, and drawing tightly with 

 the tying silk, you may soon prevent mistakes, 

 and use every thing sparingly to prevent clum- 

 siness or you will never get on. Now cut off 

 the ends of the wings closely, and finish with 

 a turn or two, and a running knot or two at 

 the very head, and the fly will appear like the 

 finished fly, Plate IV., lay on a little spirit- 

 varnish at the head, which keeps it firm — (this 

 varnish you may procure at the oil and colour 

 warehouses, or at doctor's shops, that which is 

 used for rods is best.) 



Now for the two Plates V. and YI. : — 

 Wlien the hook and gut is neatly tied un, as 

 Plate I., you take a hook, size of the above two, 

 and a hackle to suit ; you hold the hook by the 

 bend in the left, and opposite the barb where 

 you see the silk hanging at No. 1, you take a 

 piece of tinsel, tie it on, and give two or three 

 turns just immediately below where you tie in 

 the tail (see the tip of tinsel below the tail, 

 Plate v.), take an ostrich harl and roll it on 

 for tag, which you will see just above the tip of 

 tinsel, then tie on a topping above that, as you 

 may see, then the piece of tinsel to rib the 



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